Kotoha gambles - whatever that new Persona the Shadow summoned is, it looks like it's made out of fear and darkness, so she instructs her Persona to blast it with a Kouha. Meanwhile, in response to the Tao Tie's rush of attacks, Arthur concentrates briefly before summoning some kind of long bone and using both ends to batter away at the demon like it was a staff. Simultaneously, the ground underneath the Tao Tie starts to buckle and bulge before Zoroark bursts out of it in a spray of dirt and fist-sized stones.

"I released my team in advance, so we'll be getting reinforcements as we do this!"